Display device



C. I. OWEN.

DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Dsc. 1|. 19149.

C. I. OWEN. DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION man nrc. H. |919.

Patented July 19, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET v2- WIT/VESSES I Wim,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHARLES I. OWEN, OF lYONKERS, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1921.

* Application led December 11, 1919. Serial No. 344,651.

T o all 'w hom t may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES I. OWEN, a citizen ot the United States, and a resident of: Yonkers, in the county et Westchester and State oit New York, have invented a new and lmproved Display Device, of which the toilowing is a Jfull, clear, and exact description.

The object ot the invention is to provide a new and improved displaydevice more especially designed for displaying burial and similar garments, and arranged to prote ft `the garments against dust, to permit o1 mimvenieutly vhanging the garments on the forms, and to display the garments to the fullest alflvantage.

In 1u-der to acromplish the desired result, use is made ot a form adapted to support a garment and having a flat bottom and a lliat baclc, a base and a back plate attached to the said base, the bottom ot. the form being secured to the said base, the back of the 'term being secured to the said back plate, the latter 'torming a background tor the displayed garment. t

A practical embodiment ot the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming `a part ot this specification, in which similar characters ot reference indif cate corresponding parts .in all the views..

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the displa device in open or display position;

iig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation ot the same with the parts in folded position and the garment removed from the form;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3--3 ot Fig. 2;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the hinged connections between the front and the bottom ot the container and between the front and the back plate;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified i'iorm ot' the display device; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the same.

The garment 10 to be displayed is draped on a half form 11 preferably made hollow and having a tiat bottom 12 and a flat back 19. The bottom 12 of the form 11 is secured by eyelets or other suitable fastening means 14 to the `liront 15 of a box 16 having the usual bottom 17, back 18, sides 19 and a removable cover 20. The front 15 is provided at the inner face adjacent the sides with cleats 21 to stiften the iront and to tit against the inner taces of the sides 19 to hold the Jr'ront 15 securely'in place when in closed position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The front 15 is connected at its lower edge by a hinge 25 with the 'front end of the bottom 17 ot the box 16 to permit of swinging the iront 15 downward into horirAontal position to support the form 11 in upright position, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1` and in dotted lines in Fig. 42. It will be noticed that the 'Front 15 now forms a base for the Ylorm 11 and the garment 10 draped on the `form 11.` hinge 26 connects the lower end o1 the Jfront 15 with a back plate 27 to which is detachably secured the back 13 oit the `form 11 by the use ot' suitable tying strings 28 or similar tying devices. lt is understood that in order to drape a garment 1() on the halt form 11 the tying strings 28 are opened and the back-plate 27 is swung out of engagement with the lflat back 13 of the half form to allow of convenient and accurate placing of the garment .in position on the half term. When this has been done, the backplate 27 is fastened by the tying strings 28 to the halfA form. 1t will be no*- ticed that the baclr plate 27 fits into the box 1G and projects beyond the sides and top of the form 11 and the garment displayed thereon so that the back plate 27 terms a background for the garment to heighten the appearance thereof. It will also be noticed that when the back 13 ot the form 11 is secured to the back plate 27 and the front 15 is swung downward and outward then the back plate 27 swings :forward and upward as it is fastened to the form 11 which in turn is fastened to the lront 15. Thus by the arrangement described the form 11 and the garment 10 can be readily swung into display position and when not in use the form and the garment are safely stored within the `box 1G and protected from dust and other extraneous matter. 1t will further be noticed that when the parts are 1n folded position the cover 2O holds the front 15 closed,

and when it is desired to display the garment the cover is first removed and then the front 15 and the back 27 are swung outward to display the burial garment 10 in upright position.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 6, the form 3() has its bottom 31 secured by fastening means 32 to the itront of a closed boX 94:. The front 33 is provided with flanges 35 slidingly engaging the bottom, sides and Y ing a front, a bottom,

top of the box 34; The flange at the bottom of the front is Connected by a hinge 36 with the forward end of a back plate 37 to which the flat back 33 of the form 30 is detaehably fastened by suitable tying means 39 similar to the tying means 2S previously mentioned. By the arrangement described the iront 33 with the back plate 3'? and vterm 30 can be drawn out and turned up to display the form 30 and the garment 40 draped thereon in upright position, as plainly shown in F ig. 5. It is understood that in this ease the front 33 also forms a base for the form 30, and the back plate 37 forms a background for thegarment 40 to heighten the appearance thereof. e

y reference to Fig. 5, it will be noticed that the boxes 34k may be piled up in tiers. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A display device, comprising a box havback, sides and top, a half form adapted to support a garment to be displayed and having a flat bottom and a Hat back, means permanently fastening the said flat bottom of the halt' form to the rear face of the said box front, the latter forming a base for the said half form, a baekplate hinged at its torward edge to the lower end of the said box front, the said baekplato litting into the box between the sides thereof and resting normally on the bottom ot the box, the fiat back of the halt il'orm resting` on the said baelplate, and tying moans detaehably fasteningl the said half torni bark to the said baekplate.

2. A display device, comprising a box having a bottom, sides, a backl` a troni; hinged to the bottom and a cover haaf'ing flanges and adapted to hold the `['ront in Closed position, a half 'form adapted to snpport a garment to be displayed and having a fiat bottom and a `fiat back, moans permanently securing the said [lat bottom o'l the haltl l'orm to the roar tano ot the said hinged box front, the latter forming a base l'oi the said halt form, a 'lmelqilate hinged at ils forward end to the lower end ol: tho said box front, the said lmokplate fittingl` into the box between the sides thereof and normally resting on the bottoni ot the box, tho flat back o'l the halt l'orni resting on the said baoliplate, and 'ying means dotaohably lastening the Isaid halt iorm bark to the said baeliplate.

CHARLES l'. HVTCN. 

